What is your opinion on the use of disposable endoscope valves? We cannot recognise any advantage here - apart from the 'saved' reprocessing. Are there any scientific studies on this? Of course, the…
The International Confederation of Midwives(ICM) recognises that midwives are a vital solution in adapting health systems to climate change, and lowering carbon emissions overall. Midwives deliver…
The Centre for Sustainable Healthcare has proposed a project idea for the Health Foundation-funded Q exchange https://q.health.org.uk/get-involved/q-exchange/
Our project is focused on the…
I am an Improvement Practitioner working at the RUH, Bath. Today, we held our relaunch of the Green Endoscopy Group. Lots of ideas, but we are focussing on some 'quick' wins to be begin with and would…
The Centre for Sustainable Healthcare is currently seeking nurses and midwives’ views as part of a quality improvement project about environmental sustainability in healthcare. We invite you to take…
See below link- consultation on future of Quality Outcomes Frameworks and Impact and Investment Fund that can have a very significant impact on GP/PCN funding. Open till 7th March. One question stem…
Nurses are the backbone of the NHS - we cannot achieve NET ZERO without nurses! CSH are delivering training on the RCN sustainability training course. The course runs over 4 months and provides 20…
At our last Respiratory Care Sustainability Network sharing hour, we heard from Sandra Barber about her work on a Greener Respiratory Care Quality Improvement Programme in primary care sites in…
Project completed as part of the Hampshire Hospitals Green Team Competition 2023.
Team members:
Laura Vale, Senior Operating Department Practitioner
Krithea Baker, Recovery Nurse…
The BMJ has recently published a 5-episode podcast series titled Planet Centred Care, which covers a range of themes related to sustainable healthcare. These include why sustainable healthcare is…